The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05
BILL NYE0N THE FOURTH.
ITS CELEBRATION AT WHALEN'S
GROVE LAST YEAR.

Interest to Taxpayers-F Freedom as it
Suggests Itself to a Hickory Town
ship Man-Our Duties to Common
Country.
From the NelC YorI; World.
There were patriotic remarks and creased
pig exercises at Whalen'S Grove last year on
the Fourth, all of which, according to the
Sandy Mush Record Statesman, passed off
with marked success. From the opening
prayer to the base ball contest and creased
pole doings, everything was harmonious,
and the receipts were satisfactory. Col, L.
Forsyth Heeley acted as the marshal of the
day, wearing maroon sash and mounted
on his well-known horse, Mambrino
King. A serious accident in the
early morning was happily averted
by Col. Heely's GOODNESS and self-posseSsion.
A lady from Lower Hominy, whose name
could not be ascertained, while actively en-
gagged and listening to the band and holding
her young child SO that it could get a good
view of the sun, became entangled in her
train, which had worked around in front,
and while recovering herself Col. L. Forsyth
Heeley came down the street in advance of
the fire laddies The horse was rearing
high i'll the air and going sidewise with
squeaking sound, which seemed to be caused
by the friction between his second and third
stomach. His mouth was wide open and
his fiery-red gums could be seen as far as
the eye could reach. Almost every one
thought there would be holocaust, but at
that trying instant, as if by magic, Col.
Heely decided to so down the other street.
Our fire ladies made fine appearance,
tIai,. hot,
during the parade, as was stated by the
Hickory township World.
Everybody seemed to feel an interest in
patriotism with the exception of an old
party from distance who opened the exer-
cises by cutting large watermelon and dis
tributing it with lavish hand among him
self. He then went to sleep in the corner of
a fence, where he would have been greatly
pestered by flies if he had found out about
it in time.
After a pleasant and courteous prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Meeks, in which he laid before the
Lord a National policy which he felt certain
would make a great hit, our Glee Club
sang
oh, say can you see, etc.
Judge Larraby read the Declaration of In
dependence i'll a rich dark red voice, and
self-made man from Hickory Township de-
livered the following impromptu address,
ed to the Record Statesman.
"FELLOw-CITIZENs: This is the anniver-
sary of the day when freedom towards all
and malice toward none first got foOthold
in this country. And we are now to cele-
brate that day. | say that on that day
Tireny and usurpation got setback that
they will never recover from. We then
paved the way for the poor, oppressed for
eigner, so that he could come to our shores
and take liberties with our form of govern
ment. To be a foreigner here in
America to-day is one of the
sweetest boons. If / could be just
what l would like to be, would be an OPP
pressed foreigner, landing on our shores,
free from the taxation and responsibility of
government with no social demands made
on me, with nothing in my possession but a
hearty Godspeed from both political parties
and strong yearning for freedom. Oh,
why was | not born an alien, that both
parties wouldn't dast to reproach; an alien
that can come here and find a government
already established, with no flies on to it;
government of the people, by the people and
for the people? tFirecracllerS and applause. ]
"On the day that Button Gwinnett put
his name to the statement that all men was
created more or less equal, the spot on which
we now stand was a bowling wilderness.
Where yonder lemonade stand now stands
and realizes a clean profit of SAT 35 on an in
vestment of Sc 80, the rank thistle nodded in
the wynd and the wild fox dag his hole I'M
scared. If you do not believe this l refer
YOU to the principal of our public school,
who is to-day assisting in the band, and who
is now in the act of Impending his alto horn
to pour out about d teacupful of liquid mel
ody that he had left over from the last
tune.
"And why is this2 Why are we to-day a
free people, with surplus in the Treasury
that nobody can get at! loud applause and
squeai from a CRASHED horse tied to tree
who is being kicked by a red two-year-old
owned by the Pathmaster of Road District
No. 81
"Why are our resources so great that they
almost equal our liabilitiesl Why is ev-
erything done to make it pleasant for the
rich man and every inducement held out for
the poor man to accumulate more and more
poverty' Why is it that so much is said
their familiess Why is it that
when we vote for a President of
the United States we have to take
our choice between statesmaulike candi-
date with great ability and proclivities for
grand larceny--why is it that VIC are given
our choice between this kind of a man and
what Virgil refers to in his 'Childe Harold
as chump! (Che"rs, and cries of That's
so from man who is riveted to the spot by
means of a new pitch-plank on which he is
sitting and which will not permit him to
move out of the sum-
Zone hundred years ago the tastes of our
people were simple. Now it takes so much
simplicity to keep Congress going that the
people don't get a chance at it. A century
ago common, homemade rum was the only
relaxation known to plain but abstemious
people. Now it takes a man with mighty
good memory to recall the names of some of
the things he has drunk when his wife asks
him about it on the following morning.
claim TO have a good memory of names and
things generally, but if you want to get me
mixed up and have fun with me, you can do
it that way
"But, fellow citizens, how can we best
preserve the blessing of freedom and fork it
over unimpaired TO our children2 How can
we enhance the blood-bought right which is
inherent in every human being, of the
people, for the people and by the people,
where tyrant foot bath never trod nor bigot
forged a chain, for to look back from our
country's glorious natal day or forward TO
glorious, happy and prosperous future
with regard to purity Of the ballot or free
speech. / say for one we cannot do other
wise Prolonged applausel
II would rather have my right hand
cleave TO the roof of my mouth than to
utter a sentiment that would regret, but
| saw that as a peODlp as "A nation ar. az an |